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A  Dream  of  the  Future 
J  A.m.  Jour,  Pharm. 
I       Oct.,  1921. 
I  believe  I  am  right  in  thinking  that  some  years  ago  an  effort 
was  made  by  a  few  prominent  pharmaceutical  chemists  to  establish 
an  institute  of  clinical  anlysts,  but  for  various  reasons  the  project 
fell  through.  Could  not  the  Society  by  means  of  its  Major  or  Fel- 
lowship examination,  take  the  place  of  such  an  institute,  and  so  ren- 
der unnecessary  the  formation  of  a  body  outside  the  Society? 
It  is  repeatedly  argued,  and  with  good  grounds,  that  the  pres- 
ent Major  qualification  has  little  or  no  pecuniary  or  other  value 
beyond  the  confidence  which  increased  knowledge  invariably  gives; 
but  if  the  attainment  of  this  examination  carried  with  it  the  right 
of  registration  as  a  clinical  analyst  of  the  Pharmaceuical  Society  and 
a  Fellowship  of  the  Society,  it  would  immensely  increase  the  value 
of  such  a  qualification  and  tend  to  raise  pharmacy  in  the  public  esti- 
mation. 
It  is  my  opinion  that  a  qualification  of  this  kind  would  attract 
good  men,  would  be  acceptable  to  the  Ministry  of  Health,  would  ful- 
fill a  need  that  must  arise  in  the  future,  and  would,  by  a  process 
of  evolution  perhaps  rather  than  of  differentiation,  create  a  profes- 
sion of  pharmacy  which  would  be  collateral,  co-existent  and  inter- 
dependent with  the  medical  profession. 
EXAMINATIONS  REVIEWED. 
If  it  is  agreed  that  we  should  make  this  endeavor  let  us  con- 
sider the  influences  we  must  set  on  foot  to  carry  out  our  desires. 
First  there  is  the  question  of  preliminary  general  education ;  but,  as 
I  went  into  this  subject  pretty  fully  on  a  previous  occasion  and  "in 
another  place,"  I  do  not  intend  to  say  much  now.  But  I  should  like 
to  repeat  that  in  my  opinion  it  should  not  be  too  high  a  standard  to< 
require  that  every  student  before  registration  should  pass  one  of  the 
School  Certificate  examinations.  These  examinations  have  been  rec- 
ognized by  the  Board  of  Education  as  equivalent  to  and  interchange- 
able with  the  examination  for  Matriculation  at  the  Universities  and 
other  entrance  examinations  to  professional  studies.  Apropos  of 
this  a  very  interesting  paper  was  read  by  Dr.  Henry  L.  Taylor,  of 
Albany,  New  York,  U.  S.  A.,  at  the  Eleventh  International  Congress 
of  Pharmacy,  in  September,  1913,  at  The  Hague,  entitled  "Pharma- 
ceutical Education  in  Different  Countries." 
The  passing  of  the  Registration  examination  should,  without 
